SanFo faux pas

My dear friend Adi Wang, an heir to a big Chinese fortune in case you’ve forgotten, was in San Francisco and all his affluent Chinese friends were scrambling to entertain him as always.

One of his richest and most chichi friends, with real NoCal social clout, invited him to dinner — a reservation that she had made two months before and which would cost at least USD $ 240.00/xx a head, without wine — at the uberchic, difficult-to-get-a-table “French Laundry,” the famous Yountville, Napa Valley restaurant of renowned chef Thomas Keller.

Mangaranon said,

Garganta Inflamada said,

If u got me on Adi Wang’s guest list for the French Laundry, I would’ve straightened a few of his misconceptions. Maybe got him to open a competitor across the street with an establishment actually called The CHINESE Laundry — with all the stereotypical accoutrements of a Chinese Laundry — but the restaurant is uberupscale — and you can actually lead your laundry before the meal — and there is a bet — depending on how the stock market did that day — get charged inversely for your laundry. That’s a more exciting idea than that simply boring, overrated FRENCH Laundry. Maybe someone will take me there.

G.I.

edouard said,

That is simply hilarious! Anyhow, the French Laundry is not just an uberchic restaurant, it is an experience. It is worth the wait and money. On a side note, Gary Danko’s in San Francisco is also great!